Render this:Christmas Night

sepo · 1 Dec 2009, 16:36

Beautiful image Adam. Very nice Christmas card.

solo · 1 Dec 2009, 16:52

Great stuff Adam, Vue or Vray?

EarthMover · 1 Dec 2009, 18:57

Thanks guys! Pete, it's Vray. The mountain is just a background image that I added in post. Actually the raw render is not impressive at all.

Here's another daytime one to show a close up of the displaced cobbles popping up through the snow mesh. Tried to keep the color balance cold and wintery. If anyone wants a copy of cobble texture or the snow image I used for overlay, let me know.

EarthMover · 1 Dec 2009, 19:42

Had a quick go at this one because I love the model so much. Great job Ely. Quick render and a bit of photoshop.

dermotcoll · 1 Dec 2009, 23:55

Earthmover

Those last two images were amazing - pure inspiration for us novices!!

EarthMover · 2 Dec 2009, 00:32

Thanks Dermot for the compliment. The longer you dabble, the more tricks you collect. The raw renders for those images where nothing special. I spent little time on the materials and rendering. Good photoshop skills can make up for a lot.

stefanq · 2 Dec 2009, 10:09

Looks fantastic Adam! Congrats!

dspace · 2 Dec 2009, 10:37

EarthMover
Definetly the best Xmas render

Ultimatez 32 · 2 Dec 2009, 10:55

Adam, is this V-ray for Max or V-ray for SU? I'm asking because I'm trying to find out how to add displacement map to a texture in v-rayfSU

remon_v · 2 Dec 2009, 11:19

under the "maps" rollout check displacement en click on the "m" > type "bitmap" > click on the "m" and browse to you displacement map

dedmin · 2 Dec 2009, 11:30

@ultimatez 32 said:

Adam, is this V-ray for Max or V-ray for SU? I'm asking because I'm trying to find out how to add displacement map to a texture in v-rayfSU

http://software.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=343&Itemid=480

ely862me · 7 Dec 2009, 16:31

Let me pick my jaw from the floor .
David, Adam...speachless .
Thanks a lot guys.We can clearly see that in a project the 3d model represent about 20-30% ..the render does all the job.
Well done guys,well done!!!

Elisei

michaliszissiou · 7 Dec 2009, 18:19

Adam

KXI System · 8 Dec 2009, 00:12

Amazing picture to get inspired from! But I'll be blunt about one thing, scientifically the moon part of the picture is done wrong-the moon crest should not have the clouds in it.

But still... Amazing picture to get inspired from!

CaptainsLS · 9 Dec 2009, 22:25

Ok, I gave it a whirl. I had fun with it and learned a few things too. Getting the snow to 'bunch up' on the roof was new to me.

EarthMover · 9 Dec 2009, 22:41

Sweet work Captain! Lighting is very realistic. Vue? Only critique would be maybe a different material for the bottom of the light poles and a touch more contrast overall.

AdamB · 13 Dec 2009, 09:48

Here's my attempt using image-based lighting AO and I made the windows area emitters.

First one is just linear AO, second is using skybox as emitter (IBL), third is with direct lighting as well.
Lighting time is 3 minutes.

ely862me · 13 Dec 2009, 10:07

Very realistic Captain(only one thing bother me..those square shadows down there on the snow)..
Adam,those are very nice thinking there is no render engine involved .

Thank you for posting ur renders!

Elisei